The Dunlap Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.3475, -117.96694
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Dunlap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dunlap Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME SAMPLES YIELD: 2.51% CU, 2.50% CU, 2.02% CU, 0.85% CU, 1.37% CU
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS PARALLEL TO THE STEEPLY-DIPPING E-W HEDDING AND ALONG N-S FRACTURES. LEACHING HAS TAKEN PLACE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS AND WINZES
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS SEDIMENTARY-PROBABLY A SANDY SHALE-THAT IS SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED, AND A PORPHYRITIC DIKE ROCK, PROBABLY ANDESITE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, EDDYVILLE, NEVADA, 1980, 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS, 1915, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SAMPLING AT DUNLAP MINE: NBMG FILES
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
